Cathay Pacific Airways announces appointments for South Asia

Abhijit Abhyankar has been appointed Cathay Pacific Airways’ Regional Marketing Communications Manager – South Asia. In his new portfolio, Abhijit will be responsible for the development and execution of all marketing communications’ activities for Cathay Pacific and sister airline Dragonair, in South Asia based in Mumbai.

Born and educated in Mumbai, Abhijit Abhyankar began his career in the Hospitality Industry in 1999 and has worked with Ambassador Hotel, Le Meridien & Holiday Inn. He later joined KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in 2004 and later Air France – KLM handling Corporate & Trade Sales. Thereafter he worked with Jet Airways in 2008, where he was handling Key Corporate Accounts for India. He joined Cathay Pacific Airways in November 2009 as Corporate Sales Manager and in October 2010 he was appointed Area Sales Manager – Northern India.

Abhijit’s hobbies include playing tennis, listening to music & driving.

On the other side, Sandhya Suraj K. has been appointed as Cathay Pacific Airways’ Assistant Regional Corporate Sales Manager - South Asia. Kankanady will oversee Corporate Sales for Cathay Pacific Airways for South Asia based in Bengaluru.

Born and educated in Mangalore, with a passion to pursue career in an airline industry Kankanady joined Cathay Pacific in 1998 through a GSA representation and continued till 2006 as a Customer Sales Officer. She later got an opportunity with airlines like Emirates and later Etihad, to look after trade sales in Bengaluru. In 2010, she rejoined Cathay Pacific as an Account Manager Karnataka, overseeing both trade and corporate sales.

Sandhya is married with one son. She loves to cook, dance and reads a lot.